Music for modern dance.
Solo Electric Flute
Composed and performed by Lee McClure

Scenario Timeline:

    Scene I:  bodies twisting in toxic mud
0:00    hurricane sounds and urban rumblings
1:34    electric flute introduction       
2:09    "Lonely Woman" theme  (extreme pitch bending)
3:54    cross-fade to repeating Latin montuno in 6/8

    Scene II: apparition of slave survival spirits
4:50    "Ring Dance" theme (added to montuno)
6:32    return of hurricane sounds

    Scene III: ascension of the departed
7:25    drone bass sustained
8:08    build up of pyramid of harmony
9:25    fade of drone and wind returns
10:09        ( end )

    composition includes:       
Variations on a theme of Ornette Coleman, "Lonely Woman"
Samples of tablas by Zakir Hussain

Below is a link to a two minute video excerpt of the dance performance:
https://www.eclectixnyc.org/video/LonelyWoman.mp4
This recording and video are from the premiere on May 18, 2007 of the Eclectix Dance Company which was founded by Lee McClure who creates all the music, and major concepts for the choreography, scenarios, lighting and costume design.

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